The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
~ Jane Austen
In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.
~ Oscar Wilde
She thought it must be a lonely life for a boy who hated books.
~ Hilda Van Stockum
May I suggest that you all read? And often. Believe me, it's nice to have something to talk about other than the weather and the Queen's health. Your mind is not a cage. It's a garden. And it requires cultivating.
~ Libba Bray
School made us 'literate' but did not teach us to read for pleasure.
~ Ambeth R. Ocampo
I blinked at her, suddenly loathing her to the depths of my soul. Not only was she probably rather evil, and definitely thoroughly unpleasant, but she also didn't read.
~ Nicole Peeler
